September marks the 23rd annual observance of National Recovery Month (Recovery Month). Our colleagues at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) organize Recovery Month as an observance to educate Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable people with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live healthy and rewarding lives. The main focus is to celebrate the gains made by those in recovery from these conditions, just … [Read more...]
SWAZILAND: 'A dialogue to defeat AIDS' – UN Humanitarian Affairs
October 1, 2010 by
* CLICK ON PHOTO for Geopraphical News. LUBOMBO, 29 September 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Communities in Swaziland are coming together as never before to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has so deeply affected them. Government officials and bureaucrats from the capital, Mbabane, and the staff of health NGOs, received a warm welcome from the 200 community members assembled in a tent set up at the chief's residence, but this time they had come to listen rather than prescribe to the villagers. "The … [Read more...]
